AFTER a three-year hiatus, the Red Rock stud at Keith has returned to the Royal Adelaide Show with a bang, taking home all the major ribbons in the Dorper judging.
The Edson family hadn't shown at Adelaide in recent years, due to the national Dorper sale in Dubbo, NSW, clashing with the timetable.
"This year the date has been moved back a week, so we could do both," Tanya Edson said.
Red Rock won champion Dorper ram with an August 2018-drop called Edson Black Simba.
It was sired by Dell Dorper Dipstick, which the Edsons paid $11,500 for two years ago at the Dubbo national sale in NSW.
"We bought that ram because we were targetting shedding and a good, thick early maturing and a lovely fat cover, which our whole team has," Red Rock stud principal Tanya Edson said.
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Black Simba weighed 98.5 kilograms, had an eye muscle depth of 44 millimetres and 11mm fat depth.
Judge Andrew Donnan, Anden stud, Woomelang, Vic, said while the ram wasn't as mature as the older ram it was up against, Black Simba was handled well, stood well and had a good loin.
Reserve champion ram went to Edson Black Cassanova - a June 2018-drop weighing 108kg, 11.5fat and 52EMD.
Champion Dorper ewe was Edson Black Daisy, which Mr Donnan said was "a good looking ewe, with nice muscling, and walked around well".The August 2018-drop weighed 66kg and had 8.5fat and 41EMD.
Edson Black Lily in reserve was a "good, long meaty ewe as well".
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Alisha Fogden
Journalist at Australian Community Media newspapers since 2007.
Journalist at Australian Community Media newspapers since 2007.
